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Chicanos and Film: Representation and Resistance

University of Minnesota Press, 1992

A must read for anyone interested in Chicano or Ethnic films
Chon Noriega, Editor of Chicanos in Film, dares to create a book that reveals the culture, philosophy, corazon, affirmation, sangre, and issues of contemporary Chicano Films. Pues, what are you waiting for? Buy it and learn how Richard "Cheech" Marin threw ...

America's Prisoner:: The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega

Peter Eisner

Random House, 1997

Lessons about U.S. imperialism
"The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega: America's Prisoner" by Manuel Noriega with commentary and analysis by Peter Eisner is an important story. It holds lessons about U.S. imperialism and the demonization of its supposed enemies -- lessons that, unfortunately, appear to have ...

Just Another Poster?/Solo UN Cartel Mas?: Chicano Graphic Arts in California/Artes Graficas Chicanas En ...

University Art Museum University of Californi, 2001

Just Another Poster? investigates the critical role posters and other graphic materials played in the Chicano struggle for self-determination in California, from the borderland of San Diego to the urban metropolis of San Francisco. This volume of essays by an interdisciplinary group of scholars and curators represents the first comprehensive study ...

Troubleshooting the Extrusion Process: A Systematic Approach to Solving Plastic Extrusion Problems

Hanser Gardner Publications, 2001

Despite the industrial importance of extrusion troubleshooting, no book currently deals exclusively with this topic. This book rectifies this situation. This book addresses all issues crucial in extrusion troubleshooting. In addition, industrial case studies, which are richly illustrating with color photographs and photomicrographs, are used ...

Design Fundamentals for the Digital Age (Graphic Design)
Linda Holtzschue, Edward Noriega

Wiley, 1997

This one-of-a-kind book is the first to teach traditional design principles in the context of computer design. It covers timeless design fundamentals including form, space, and color, and explains them with respect to today's computer technology.

Philippine Recipes Made Easy

Violeta A. Noriega

Paperworks, 1993

Very Good Easy Filipino Food - coming from a Filipino
I am always hesitant to believe reviews on filipino cookbooks and recipes because you never know if the person writing the review is filipino which I think alters the comments especially versus a native who grew up with the culture and the food. I grew up with this ...

God's Favorite: A Novel

Lawrence Wright

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Riveting Reading.
An utterly arresting blend of fact and fiction, "God's Favorite" thrusts the reader into the bloody maelstrom of Panama under Noriega. The book is incredibly accessible, even entertaining, but it never loses its intent to put you into the heart of the situation, ...

Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement
Rita Gonzalez, Howard N. Fox, ...

University of California Press, 2008

Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement is the first comprehensive consideration of Chicano art in almost two decades and the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Traditionally described as work created by Americans of Mexican descent, Chicano art first emerged during the ...

Emotional Rooms: The Sensual Interiors of Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz
Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz

Atria, 2007

emotional ROOMS the sensual interiors of benjamin noriega-ortiz Named by House Beautiful as one of "America's Most Brilliant Decorators" for ten consecutive years, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz is recognized as one of the most stylish and influential of today's interior designers. His sensuous, glamorous, and ethereal work captures an unusual ...

The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier (Library of Latin America)

Fray Servando Teresa de Mier

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

beauty and severity
An extraordinary book. One of Oxford University Press' 'Library of Latin America' series, translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane, here is a tome worthy of high praise. Fray Servando Teresa de Mier y Noriega (Mexico, 1763-1827), persecuted by the Inquisition for ...

Shooting the Moon: The True Story of an American Manhunt Unlike Any Other, Ever

David Harris

Back Bay Books, 2002

All Too Captivating
As a recent high school graduate, I have lately found a little more time to do some personal reading, and I started with David Harris' account of the eccentric rule and arrest of the de facto ruler of Panama in the 1980's: General Manuel Antonio Noriega. Before ...

The Noriega Mess: The Drugs, the Canal, and Why America Invaded

Luis E. Murillo

Video-Books, 1995

Probably the most accurate account on the history of Panana
I had the opportunity to read this book while I was in Panama last year and it's worth reading each of the 900+ pages. This book gives a very detailed and unbiased account of what has transpired in Panama for the last 90+ years since gaining their independce from ...

I Am Aztlán: The Personal Essay In Chicano Studies

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, 2004

Useful and moving
If you are teaching a class about research methods or the Chicana/o experience, this book can't be beat. Some famous scholars and others write about the challenges of being a Chicana/o intellectual, academic, and activist. They wrestle with childhood experiences of ...

Global Passage: Transformation of Panama and the Panama Canal

Robert R. McMillan

BookSurge Publishing, 2006

From One Who Knows
A facinating view of a country and resource that will continue to play an increasingly important role in US and world trade.

The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlan, 1970-2000 (Aztlan Anthology Series, Vol. 2) (Aztlan ...

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications, 2001

Essential Reading
"This volume should be required reading for any undergraduate or graduate course in ethnic studies." -Dr. George Sanchez, president of the American Studies Association.